Overshoe



(No Model.)

J. E; WHITEHOUSE,

OVERSHOE'.

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UNITED STATES PTEN EEeEe OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,311, dated JulyV l,1884-.

Y Application filed April 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, JAMES EDWIN WHITE- HOUsE, of Dover, in the county ofStrafford, in the State of New Hampshire, haveinvented a new and usefulImprovement i'n Overshoes; and I do hereby declare the same to bedescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of Wheh- Figure l is a longitudinal section, andFig. 2 a transverse section, of an overshoe provided with my invention,the nature of which is defined in the claim hereinafter presented.

In carrying out my improvement I provide an overshoe at the upper sideof its shank with an elastic or yielding rib or dam extendingtransversely and entirely across and upward from such shank and just inadvance of the heel and from side to side ofthe inner surface be drawninto the heel part of the shoe and forced from such over upon the shankand down within the front part of the shoe, so as to cause wetting ofthe foot or inner shoe of the wearer of the overshoe. By having the ribor dam of vulcanized indiarubber or other proper yielding or elasticwater-proof substance to extend upward from and across the shank oftheovershoe just in advance of its heel b, the outer surface of the shankof the inner shoe, when the overshoe is on such inner shoe, will beardown on such dam, and the latter will prevent water that may be drawninto the heel of the overshoe from be ing by the heel of the inner shoeforced into the front part of such overshoe.

An overshoe having within it and extending transversely across and aboveits shank in advance of its heel and connected to the sides of the shoean elastic or yielding rib or dani, all being substantially as setforth.

J AMES EDVIN VHITEHOUSE.

Vitnesses:

R. H. EDDY, S. N. PIPER.

